Statistics on Health Insurance (1885-1914) These statistics on health care illustrate the growing public welfare and health care services available in Wilhelmine Germany. Note the boom at the beginning of the twentieth century as reforms expanded the purview of social security, thanks in part to social unrest and the rise of Social Democracy. Please click on print version (below) for a larger, more legible version.
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page 1 of 1 Health Insurance (overview) Year Number of members at the end of the year Income Expenditures Total number Regional Insurance Company for Employees Total amount in Marks From registration fees, regular payments, and additional payments (since 1893) Total amount in Marks For costs of treatment Total amount in Marks Number of members in millions Percent of total income Total amount in Marks x 1,000 Per member in Marks Percent of total income (1) 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 4,294,173 4,570,087 4,842,226 5,516,461 6,071,035 6,342,828 6,530,513 6,513,738 6,754,735 6,939,412 7,288,884 7,695,587 8,122,626 8,502,645 8,786,973 9,116,332 9,152,103 9,472,582 9,897,483 10,421,020 10,940,269 11,437,914 11,721,796 11,774,843 12,244,446 12,846,837 13,357,225 12,971,389 13,091,069 15,609,586 1,534,888 1,701,305 1,909,046 2,200,937 2,451,072 2,559,761 2,685,707 2,776,591 3,020,654 3,109,100 3,287,712 3,478,370 3,696,498 3,900,781 4,030,949 4,220,986 4,266,871 4,466,149 4,807,473 5,153,744 5,470,141 5,804,587 5,915,114 6,020,224 6,347,374 6,722,490 7,075,087 7,374,056 7,434,507 9,714,396 63,294,983 72,089,059 78,169,963 91,914,433 102,529,830 114,558,315 119,925,617 124,000,436 131,562,137 135,464,050 144,992,369 155,019,216 166,971,725 179,646,158 193,741,196 208,613,858 216,294,954 224,929,003 242,917,378 285,375,646 312,097,081 338,643,848 375,964,286 397,600,197 413,538,233 443,350,086 488,834,719 501,807,281 536,961,538 595,360,246 53,783,550 61,388,190 66,700,954 74,849,100 84,301,886 91,240,594 96,757,627 99,277,889 106,306,192 111,509,631 117,309,026 126,656,201 135,486,710 145,240,607 154,711,407 166,045,995 171,353,270 180,782,378 193,541,940 230,685,129 250,351,868 276,664,612 300,379,168 313,528,389 330,550,626 357,617,168 388,442,459 393,610,899 414,237,760 523,884,104 13.4 14.6 14.6 13.86 13.72 13.87 14.06 14.27 14.96 15.31 15.60 15.94 16.25 16.56 16.90 17.44 17.77 18.34 18.93 21.54 22.38 23.67 24.75 25.44 26.40 27.36 28.52 29.78 30.53 - 85.0 85.1 85.5 81.4 82.2 79.6 80.7 80.1 80.8 82.3 81.0 81.5 80.8 80.5 79.5 79.2 79.2 80.1 79.3 80.4 79.8 81.3 79.5 78.5 79.6 80.4 79.2 78.1 76.8 88.0 50,563,414 58,048,092 60,517,278 85,517,089 95,380,338 107,850,607 112,734,062 116,829,818 125,369,485 127,442,362 136,669,341 145,916,820 157,357,109 169,313,386 183,654,357 197,482,566 205,230,659 212,943,938 230,521,030 271,366,256 296,993,446 319,918,794 356,393,964 379,117,472 394,595,423 421,627,862 466,975,881 479,268,032 513,366,745 502,492,926 45,604.6 52,452.3 54,768.5 61,561.5 70,975.2 84,040.0 89,166.1 94,258.4 101,971.7 99,588.5 104,822.4 109,722.8 120,487.9 128,057.3 145,324.2 157,865.2 163,355.6 167,801.4 180,841.7 213,931.5 232,243.9 241,793.6 273,887.5 297,376.8 305,710.3 320,020.8 357,468.4 359,737.7 390,686.5 444,773.1 11.4 12.4 12.0 11.40 11.55 12.77 12.96 13.55 14.35 13.67 13.93 13.81 14.45 14.60 15.87 16.58 16.94 17.02 17.69 19.97 20.76 20.68 22.56 24.13 24.42 24.49 26.25 27.22 28.80 28.49 90.3 90.4 90.5 71.0 74.4 74.4 79.1 80.7 81.3 78.2 76.7 75.2 76.5 75.6 79.1 79.9 79.6 78.8 78.4 78.8 78.3 75.7 76.8 78.5 77.5 75.9 76.6 75.1 76.1 88.5 (1) The percentages given in this column were compiled retroactively. Source: Statistik des Deutschen Reichs [Statistics of the German Reich], published by the Imperial Office of Statistics, new series, vol. 24 (1885), 31 (1886), 38 (1887), 46 (1888), 53 (1889), 59 (1890), 65 (1891), 72 (1892), 78 (1893), 84 (1894), 90 (1895), 96 (1896), 121 (1897), 127 (1898), 133 (1899), 140 (1900), 147 (1901), with an overview of the development of health insurance from 1885 to 1900, 156 (1902), 163 (1903), 170 (1904), 177 (1905), 186 (1906), 194 (1907), 229 (1908), 238 (1909), 248 (1910), 258 (1911), 268 (1912), 277 (1913), 289 (1914). Statistical table taken from: Karl Erich Born, et. al., eds., Quellensammlung zur Geschichte der deutschen Sozialpolitik 1867 bis 1914: Einführungsband [Collection of Sources on the History of German Social Policy from 1867 to 1914: Introductory Volume]. Wiesbaden: 1966, pp. 148-49. Translation: Richard Pettit
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